The Battle of Franklin was a hard fought battle in which many men died. The battle flags of both the United States and the Confederacy are clearly shown in this postcard which was copied from an original Kurtz and Allison stone lithograph.

Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and...

The statue of Alvin York on the Tennessee State Capitol grounds. The statue's sculptor, Felix De Weldon, and York's widow, Gracie, are photographed viewing the statue. The Tennessee State Capitol building, a cannon, and the equestrian statue of...

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) spoon commemorating a reunion. The handle of the spoon is in the shape of a soldier with a rifle. An eagle, holding a sword over two crossed cannons sits in the base of the spoon.

Pvt. G. W. James, Co. H, 12th Tenn. Inf. (later Co. F, 47th Tenn. Inf.) writes to his brother in Gibson County from a camp near Sweetwater, Tenn. He tells of being where the "terrible thunder of cannons & deafening roar of musketry played their...

It is Saturday and they have forced Nannie to sign the parole of honor [oath]. She regrets it. Her father does not have the funds to support her if she was sent south. He sends any extra money to her brother who is fighting in the war. Rumors...

Several speeches were delivered to the Negroes at their last celebration. One was from Col. Smith and another was from Jim Read. Nannie writes of a saying going around about green, black, lime & sassafras tea. It ends with "But I love Liber-ty."...

Pvt. John Bell Battle, 1st Tenn. Hvy. Art., CSA, wrote about firing at, and missing, Union gunboats from a bluff over the Mississippi River about 1.5 miles from Hickman, Ky. Gen. Cheatham galloped down the river and ordered soldiers to get the...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. Craighead relates her elation at the sound of the cannons outside the city and likens the situation to the Panic of February when the city fell. The day before, Forrest and Morgan...

Tintype of Cpl. Albert Griswold (notice crossed cannons on the bottom of the frame). It is included in an album of images of Griswold covering his life. Griswold was born on December 14, 1843, in Fitchburg, Mass. He enlisted, as a private, in Co....